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I have been lazy!  I only went to fitness center 3 days out of 7 last week.  Although my medical appointment went well, I am probably thinking that I deserve a break from that.  In reality, there are no breaks….gotta keep going and gotta follow a meal plan this week.  I also ate a hamburger and fries and got so sick.  So I am definately going to remember that when I stray from my meal plan.  I have GERD (acid reflux) and I thought I was having a heart attack today.  Had to visit the emergency room.  I want to be healthy!  I am gonna get back on track!!!  I hope you all are doing well and continue to be successful in your weight loss efforts.

The fitness center routine has been going very well.  I can walk on the average of 1.65 miles in 30 minutes including the 5 minute cool down.  It gets really tiring on the “third hill” (the last incline) however, I push myself to try to outdo the previous day of walking.  Our fitness coaches are very encouraging and and openly applaud our efforts.  They are great.  I have not been on the scale in over a week and I have decided to wait until I go to my diabetic clinic appointment to see how I have done.  As long as the A1C1 numbers stay the same or go down, I will have accomplished something.  My eating habits still have not improved a whole lot.  This continues to be a struggle for me.  I am still overeating as my portions are huge.  I even cook for 20 people at every meal time and can’t understand why I do this.  My family consists of 2 children and 2 adults, yet I use giant size bowls, pots and pans to cook with.  Is it because I was deprived as a child and I feel that I have to make up for going hungry back then now?  I something think that my overeating has to do with some kind of psychskitswack foodsociodeprivation disorder or something way mental out there.  Any ideas?  However, I am going to get this under control somehow.  May get some “nut”rition counseling.  Anyway, I look forward to my exercise.  Gonna keep working on the other things I need to do.  I wish all of you a good week and stay focused!

To start out my week, I bought myself some new walking shoes and a new jacket.  This jacket is a size Large, the same jacket I bought last year and it was a XL.  So I could see the progress.  I am going to do my treadmill routine every day this week in addition to adding (hand held) weight while walking.  I am going to challenge myself a little more.  I hope you are all doing well and staying motivated.  Just think how slim and trim we are going to look at Christmas?  It is going to be great!

I was searching out a buddy between the ages of 40 to 60 and noticed that a lot of people haven’t logged on in months.  I feel sad because I hope this isn’t me or you in the coming months. I hope that we stick to this and accomplish our goals.   I missed my daily exercise today  because  I had  a  deadline  on something, but tomorrow  I am going back and I will be thinking about the people that quit and wondering if they would have reached their goal by now.  Time goes by so fast, so lets stick to it and before we know it will be slim, trim and energetic and a heck of a lot more healthy.  Yeah!

October 10, 2007:  I decided to check my weight at the fitness center this week.  Without shoes I weighed 214 pounds.  Although I have 2 different scales that I am using, I believe both a showing lessor amounts every time.  So that is a good thing.  And I am not checking every other day, maybe once per week or less.  I am pleased with my progress.  I am walking on a treadmill with an incline for 30 minutes every day. (and a 5 minute cool down period).  Half way into the work out my tongue is hanging out, but am feeling better every day.  It is keeping my sugar levels down so this is the greatest thing I can be doing for myself.  I still need to improve my eating habits.  I am o.k. during the day as I have a salad or vegetable soup for lunch.  My dinners are really excessive though and really not that healthy.  This is where I need to make changes.  And also snacking after 9:00 P.M. until I go to bed is something that I need to work on.  I am going to work on that also.  I am going to update my weight loss chart.  I am going to end this blog with a saying from my Grand daughter….keep on kissing those bullfrogs!  I think she is telling me to keep on trying?  I thought it was very cute.

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I just read a blog from Molly.  She reached her 101 mark and this is a remarkable achievement.  It makes me feel like I can also do it.  I decided to turn up the efforts with my weight loss efforts by doing the calorie counting thing.  I have made a list of healthy food items and will try this along with my cardio workout.  I will let you’all know how it is working for me.

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My 1st 3 days in October were spent in a hotel with a buffet.  Oh no!  I will get back on track this week and have decided that I would not get on a scale for a couple of weeks.   I love to travel however the eating gets of out of control.

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Hello everyone.  I joined this site because I need help with keeping my diabetes under control (primary goal and maybe loosing some weight (secondary goal).  I look forward to your encouragement and help in this effort.  Thank You.

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I had a really good visit with my Doctor today.  My a1c1 is at 7.5 and have lost about 4 pounds.  YEAH!